HomeMy WebLinkAboutZurich Herald, 1954-10-07, Page 3Speed. of the elevator potato
digger chain or apron is most
:important in controlling injury
to potatoes. Even properly ad-
justed diggers with the share
set deeply and with minimum
agitation and proper padding,
will continue to cause severe in-
jury to potatoes unless the ap-
ron speed is adjusted correctly.
* * *
The apron speed necessary
for proper operation is control-
led by the forward speed of the
operation of the tractor and
digger. In a test at the Central
Experimental Farm, Ottawa, a
digger was used with twelve
different speeds of elevator
Thain. It was found that the
dower the chain moved, the
Tess injury resulted. HoWever,
t point was reached where the
Tugger did not 'operate properly
tnd the soil and potatoes piled
,x1
frOnt of the share partially
Mugging the digger.
a: * *
These tests show that the ap-
'on chain could be operated
nore slowly than is normally
he case. By reducing the ap-
ton' speed with a gear box-
aptional equipment on some dig-
;'ers-from 200 feet per minute
to 110 feet per minute the in-
Iury was reduced from 13 per
tent to 4.5 per cent. By increas-
ing the speed to 280 feet per
ninute the injury increased to
16.6 per cent.
• * * *
With most diggers driven
rem the power take -off of the
tactor, the injury may be de-
creased by operating the tractor
n second gear rather than low
/ear. This reduces the speed
'atio of apron speed to forward
peed and this ratio influences
njury as much as speed of the
1prori. For best results the ap-
>on speed should be approxirn-
(tely the same as the forward
peed of the digger. If condi-
lions are ideal, the speed ratio
&lay be reduced to .75 to 1. In
)thee words the apron speed is
Ili per cent slower than the for-
vard speed.
* * *
Potato diggers with a gear
sox will rause less injury when
it'HY? -.All the joy has gone
rut of life for "Sparky." He saw
cis master, Larry Hellon, go
hrough those doors, and can't
lnderstand why he doesn't come
rut and play. This lonely scene. -
vas duplicated hundreds of
Imes all over the country, as
he tearful first day of school
arrived.
the gear box is adjusted to low
gear and the tractor in second
gear, If the digger should plug
in bad areas of the Yield, the
transmission could then be ad-
justed to intermediate to oper-
ate"through the tough spot but
to avoid injury the speed should
be set back to low as soon as
conditions improve.
As a general rule, the apron
speed should be as slot • as pos-
sible, depending on the digging
conditions.
s *
They are X-raying pigs at La-
combe Experimental Station, and
no doubt' people will wonder
why! It is an interesting story
and this is how the research men
explain the project.
a_ * *
At the present time in order
to get a picture of the genetic
possibilities of a litter of pigs it
is necessary `a take a repre-
sentative group from the litter,
generally four rigs, two barrows
and two gilts selected at ran-
dom, and subject them to a
feeding test which culminates
in slaughtering the pigs. This
test gives a record of the group
in rate of gain, feed efficiency,
and carcass quality and together
with litter size the weaning
weight can be used as a basis of
selection, Selection, of course,
is the basis of improvement, The
best pigs from the best perform-
ing litters must be selected as
breeding stock to. produce each
succeeding generation.
k * *
All of these record, with the
exception of carcass quality, can
be obtained without slaughter-
ing any pigs. However, carcass
quality is possibly the most m -
portant record of all. If we are
to produce a higher percentage
of lean bacon hogs we must
select for and improve this char-
acteristic. If we could evaluate
accurately the carcass quality
of a pig without having to
slaughter, we would have a
much greater number of pigs ( 3
select from and consequently be
able to make a better and faster
improvement.
* * *
Hence,, the ex erinteanta3; ,tvdrTc
21.1 `"X, cis .n •' 'ail "r '-xi : F .,t�..
y g �"`"at lr•,aoomte,
A research project is underway
to ascertain whether .the bacon
quality or potentiality of a pig
can be determined without
slaughtering it, by using X-ray.
Techniques will have to be de-
veloped and studies made of the
relationship of the relative fat
and lean as measured through
X-ray equipment, and the fat
and lean as determined by cut-
ting the carcass. This will be
done with a large number of
pigs at different stages of
growth. If a close relationship
can be established and the best
stage • of growth at which to X-
ray determined, than a simple
measure of the length of the
live pig along with the relative
fat and lean from an X-ray
should give a good estimate of
its bacon quality or potential.
* *
With this information the best
pigs in carcass quality could be
selected as breeding stock from
the best litters :from the stand-
point of litter size, weaning
weight, rate of growth, and
feed efficiency. These are the
factors which determine econo-
my of producti rn
* * „
This phase of the work has
just started at Lacombe, says
J. G, Stothart,• senior animal
husbandman at the .Station, .1t
will take some time to appraise
all the possibilities. It is another
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32. Placid
84, One of the
Argonauts
86. Prepare to
publish
87, Cylindrical
40. Poem
41, Indian pole
4.4. Of warships
45. State
47. Candies
60. Actual
61, Siamese coin
62. Ailiseed .
63. Solo
64. Legal action
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Odorless Paint - The delicate scent of the rose is the only odor greeting this young housewife
as she tests the new odorless: alkyd paint. The introduction of odorless paint enables the decora-
tion of homes, schools, hospitals, restaurants and office buildings without occupants having to
vacate the premises to escgpe what once were uncomfortable paint smells.
example of research, however,
which may contribute impor-
tantly in the development of
genetically b et ter breeding
stock - better from the stand-'.
point of overall economy prep -
duction.
She : odd h' « ve t
T a 1 k To ..: els Cat II
They sat in their cosy little
home one night towards the end
of 1951, enjoying a first-class
dinner -- a happily married
couple without a care in the
world. They chatted, laughed,
joked together. Then, .suddenly,.
a quarrel flared up between
"Apologize - or I'll never
speak to you again," the husw,
band snapped. She would not.
He kept his word. From that
moment,. it was revealed recent-
ly in a Divorce Court hearing,
he never once spoke again to his
wife.
They went on living - in the
same house, but the sentence of
perpetual silence he had impos-:
ed was rigidly observed.,, The
nn the ground‘ of Cruelty by the
husband,
To stay silent for more than
two years" seems an almost
superhuman feat. But that is
not really .a long period when
compared with the records -
well authenticated - of some
other people who became deli-
berately and obstinately dumb.
Take the amazing case of Miss
Lavine Guilleford, a bewitching-
ly attractive American girl who,
in the middle of the last century,.
fell in love at sight with a dash-
ing young man with curly
black hair.
She became so eager to marry
him that the wedding date was
fixed before her parents knew
what was happening. They were
strict, but they encouraged the
romance until stories began to
reach the father's ears concern-
ing the young man's character.
What he heard made him act
swiftly. He forbade his daughter
to marry, saying: "That young
man is bad. He will bring you
nothing but sorrow."
"Whatever you say 1 will al-
ways love him," she retorted,
"And here and now 1 make a
vow that unless I marry him I
will never utter another word
to man, woman or child until
fifty years have passed,"
' She kept her astonishing
p 1 e d g e. Parents, relatives,
friends tried vainly to make her
talk. No words passed her lips.
She even wrote notes to the ser-
vant who looked after her.
Her father died after relent-
ing on his death -bed and Ieav•
Ing her his fortune, Meanwhile
the young man had moved to
another town and vanished from
her life, not relishing the society
of a pretty girl who declined to
converse even with him!
Miss Guilleford refused even
to talk to her poi cat. When the
fifty long years had elapsed, twn
surviving friends of this strange
woman -white-haired like her,
and over seventy --- called to
hear the first words she would
utter after lifting the veil of
silence.
They watched her lips hove,
but no sound calve, Her friends
were horrified e receive confir-
mation of whet they had begun
to suspect -that Miss Guilleford
could 'no longer use her voice.
She was never ab!e to speak
again, Mich of the fortune left
her by her 'father was spent in
vain endeavours to regain her
lost voice. She died, aged
seventy-nine, dumb to the end.
Because, Mr. and Mrs. Stephen
Hello, a Hungarian eouple,
wanted to be "the perfecl.
couple," they resolved to spend
fifteen years together --- in
"Toppers" are just the thing for crisp fall days and early winter
wear for both mother and daughter. The head -hugging cloche,
left, with short, slanting brim which just skirts the hairline for
full -face flattery is for young -in -heart mothers. A tricolor gros-
grain ribbon shows up well against the tan wool felt. At right.
fashion -conscious teen-agers•are eyeing this smooth, gray -wool
felt cloche with :narrow, folded gray• grosgrain band. Bow al
back accentuated cls fresh simplicity is the.. only, trim,
;�µ x a•
silence. After • that they talked
again,
Even when their three child-
ren were born, they did not talk
to each other, neither wanting
tc •be the first to break the vow
eel silence. Said Mr. Helie: "We
never quarrelled once in the fif-
teen years, There was no - occa-
sion for arglunent; yet we al-
ways understood each other.
There are better ways of know-
ing the other person's mind than
by speech. have always respect-
eC my wife's opinions and .1,
consulted her, through one of
- the staff, or in a note, on every
'_point."
•Two brothers when in their
'teens shared a tiny one -room
cabin near Canisteo, New York.
After about a year they guar- '
relled-over a woman' they were
both in love with
So they solemnly divided the
room in half' with a chalk line
-and signed an agreement never
to cross the line nor speak a
word to each others. There is
good eviden,.e that they observ-
ed the agreement for sixty-two
years, each coming and going
by a separate door.
And the woman? Report said
that she ceased to be friends
with either of them, saying: "1
never knev men could be so
foolish,"
'One of the "dumb brothers"
died in 1948. The survivor seem-
ed heart -broker. He wept at the
funeral Then he told a relative
the whole story and wept again
over the sheer folly of both of
then,.
"Silent Bill of Audubon,"• who
died - at eighty six, shortly be-
fore the war in an lowa infirm.
ary was jilted at the altar forty
nine years earlier by a pretty,
but empty-headed blonde, who
decided at the last minute thet
she preferred someone else.
Self-imposed silence had bet. -
ter results from the point of
"view of an American bandit who
vas condemned to be hanged
After playing a leading part in
a prison mutiny and murder
some years ago.
13e "played dumb" from the
• moment he was arrested. The
day of execution came and still
he uttered no word to warders,
the chaplain o1' friends who
'isited hint.
Police suddenly decided to
try to: trap him into saying
something. tie smiled, shook his
head, They gave him a tem
porary reprieve from the scaf-
fold, sending him to an asylum
for observation
Day and night he was watch
ed. But nobody caught him.
uttering a word, not even to
himself. His incredible muteness
so fascinated the authorities
that his temporary reprieve be-
came permanent, and fifteen
years later he died a natural
death --still in prison.
But his voluntary dumbness
certainly saved him from the
hangman's rope!
Dog Daze
Alex Holmstrom of Land-
skrona, Sweden, is %still an ani-
' mal lover, but his faith in the
canine race is, at the moment
a bit shaky.
Recently, while out driving
with his wife, he swerved sharp-
ly to avoid hitting a dog. The
car smacked hard into a tree
and both driver and passenger
were knocked unconscious.
A woman cyclist, witnessing
the crash, was so unnerved that
she lost control of her machine
Rev. ft, 0.F. Warren, 21.A.,6•i1Y,
Joh's Struggle to Underrsttral:ld,
Life. Jolb 1:1; 19:7-10; 23:3-11*,
1Vlexxtory Selection: Ye scall
seek we, and find ine, when y
shall search for me with a
your heart. Jeremiah 29i13.
The lessons for this quarter
are entitled, Wisdom and Wor-
ship in Old Testament. They
are taken from four Old Testa-
ment books which consist
mainly of poetry -- Job, Pro-
verbs, Psalms, and Ecclesiastea.
We begin with two lessons trona
Job. In today's we see Job's
struggle to understand life. in
the next we shall see God's ans-
wer to Job's perplexity,
If one thinks his troubles are
great let him read the hook of
Job. Fre a wealthy roan to,
one day lost all his property
and was bereaved of his teen
children, "Then Job arose and
rent his mantle, and shaved his
head, and fell down upon the
ground and worshipped, and
said: 'Naked came 1 out of my
mother's womb, and naked 1
shall return thither: the LORD
gave, and the LORD hath taken
away; blessed be the name of
the LORD',"
Later Satan was permitted to
bring a great affliction upon ,lob
which all but took his life. He
was covered with sore boils (like
carbuncles) from head to foot,
In this hour his wife failed him.,
She urged him to curse God and
die. A man can endure a great
deal as long as his wife stande
• by him. But Job's wife acted
foolishly. Then three friends
came and tried to convince hirci
that his sufferings -were punish.
sent for his sin.* He must be a
hypocrite. In spite of alt, Jole
maintained faith in God.
Job couldn't understand why
he should suffer so. God seemed,
far away. Nevertheless he ex-
claimed triumphantly: -"But he
knoweth the way that I take:
when gee hath tried mei I gh11
come forth as gold," Cfoef knew
even though Job didn't, ads=
was content in that faith. When
the proving was over he would'
be a better man.
It is wise to take this attitude
when we suffer.
and hit the same tree -knock-
ing herself out:
The owner of the dog made a
frantic effort to secure his pet,
and for his pains was bitten
severely on nose and face, All
four casualties were taken 00
hospital in the one ambulance.
The dog loped off home,
Five ith Care
Upsidedown to Prevent Peeking
ALL 'POR "LABOR" -- Professor Kenneth Evett of Cornell Univere
sity, works on the first of three murals for the Nebraska capitol
at Lincoln, They will each measure 15 by 24 feet. This one,
"Labor of the Hand," will be installed shortly. The others,
"Labors of the Heart," and "Labors of the Head," he plans to
finish on sabbatical leave. Professor Evett was one of 26 who
competed for the lob„